Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 6:26 by Denis Chabrol The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors discussed Tuesday a new country engagement note for Guyana for the next two years to strengthen climate resilience, improve education quality and lay the ground for private sector development, the international financial institution said in a statement. “We must ensure that we ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 22:17 by State pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh has testified that none of the 17 bodies recovered after the Camp Street Prison Riots which killed 17 inmates were headless. Dr Singh made the statement while testifying at the Commission of Inquiry into the Camp Street Prison disturbances on May 3. He told the panel ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 17:51 by With persistent complaints from the Guyanese public over the current crime situation, the Guyana Police Force is reporting a 19% decrease in the crime rate. Police in a release confirmed that it has recorded a 19% decrease in serious crimes at the end of April this year relative to the same ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 17:00 by Denis Chabrol Although a United Kingdom-based cruise company appeared to have shelved a demand for compensation because a cruise ship aborted plans to dock at Port Georgetown, strong recommendations have been made for modern training of pilots and the installation of proper navigational aids. Demerara Waves Online News was told that ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 15:42 by Denis Chabrol The Council of the University of Guyana on Tuesday announced that Professor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith has accepted its offer to become Principal and Vice-Chancellor. “Professor Griffith was selected after an exhaustive national, regional and international search, short listing of three candidates and evaluation based on a series of lectures, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 14:52 by   After Town Clerk Royston King declared that all vendors in the Stabroek Market Square and environs would be moved to a new location, the move is in jeopardy as the businessman objected to vendors with stalls. This comes even as the City Constabulary on Tuesday morning continued to seize the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 14:01 by   One of the Directors on the National Communications Network (NCN) Board of Directors, Imran Khan has resigned from the board given a decision to move ahead with the appointment of Lennox Cornette as the CEO of the state owned-company. Khan has raised strenuous objections to Cornette’s appointment in the past ...